Teamgroup MP44Q NVMe SSD overview: Host Reminiscence Bus champ — with a caveat
Knowledgeable’s Ranking
Execs
- Wonderful on a regular basis HMB efficiency
- Tremendous reasonably priced
- Graphene warmth spreader
- 5-year guarantee
- Nice TBW score for QLC NAND
Cons
- Writes sluggish drastically off secondary cache
Our Verdict
Although you don’t need QLC for heavy-duty, large-scale writes, the MP44Q is a good on a regular basis performer and an excellent discount for the typical person.
Worth When Reviewed
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Greatest Pricing At this time
Teamgroup’s MP44Q — a brand new host reminiscence buffer (HMB/DRAM-less) SSD popped to the highest of the efficiency charts for that class. It’s quick and reasonably priced for on a regular basis chores.
Nevertheless, it’s not for prolonged heavy-duty use as its QLC NAND slows drastically as soon as secondary cache is exhausted.
What are the Teamgroup MP44Q’s options?
The MP44Q is a bunch reminiscence buffer, NVMe/PCIe 4.0 SSD that ships within the 2280 (22mm broad, 80 mm lengthy) type issue. The NAND is multi-layer QLC (Quad-Degree Cell/4-bit), and the controller is a Maxio MAP-1602A.
The guarantee on the MP44Q is 5 years and the TeraBytes that could be Written score is 512TBW. That far exceeds the 250TBW we usually see for QLC NAND SSDs, and is just a hair shy of the 600TBW that’s the typical for TLC (Triple-Degree Cell/3-bit) SSDs. Good.
How a lot does the Teamgroup MP44Q value?
The MP44Q is accessible in $52/1TB, $102/2TB (examined), and $207/4TB capacities. These had been outstandingly low costs on the time of this writing.
How briskly is the Teamgroup MP44Q?
Glad you requested. Whereas the 2TB MP44Q’s artificial benchmark numbers didn’t attain primary, when mixed with strong actual world efficiency they pushed the drive to the highest PCIe 4.0/HMB spot total — in our testing.
However as already acknowledged, there’s a caveat. In the event you go just a bit past the 450GB we write, the QLC’s native write charge kicks in and drops transfers to solely 100-135MBps. Yuk.
This additionally signifies that the 1TB model would’ve turned in a a lot slower 450GB write time and never come near the highest spot within the chart.
The secondary caching appeared dynamic, however solely in restricted style. As soon as laden with 450GB of knowledge, subsequent 48GB writes proceeded at prime velocity, however rather more than that, and so they dropped once more to the native write charge.
Observe that I left the drive alone for a full day earlier than stated subsequent writes, so there was loads of time for the controller to allot extra QLC as secondary cache.
The MP44Q’s CrystalDiskMark 8 sequential switch numbers are excellent, second solely to the Lexar NM790. The Kingston NV3 and WD SN770, additionally PCIe 4.0/HMB SSDs, proved no match on this take a look at.
The MP44Q was strong in all 4 CrystalDiskMark 8 4K exams, permitting it to prime the NM790 within the mixture, because of the latter’s horrible 4K write efficiency.
The MP44Q was a hair off the Lexar NM790 within the 48GB transfers — a subjectively unnoticeable distinction.
Though, lower than the Kingston NV3 within the 450GB write take a look at, the MP44Q did shave a few seconds off the Lexar NM790’s time — making up for the 2 seconds it misplaced within the 48GB transfers.
Though the CrystalDiskMark 8 numbers weren’t breathtaking, the MP44Q’s total efficiency underneath most circumstances impressed us. Keep in mind that few customers will stress an SSD with contiguous 450GB writes as we do.
Ought to I purchase the Teamgroup MP44Q?
In the event you’re not going to jot down huge quantities of knowledge frequently, then the MP44Q will get the job finished, and get it finished for much less cash than absolutely anything else in the marketplace. The TBW score is incredible for a QLC drive as effectively.
However when you do write a ton of knowledge, look for a quick TLC mannequin with higher sustained efficiency such because the WD SN770.
How we take a look at
Drive exams at the moment make the most of Home windows 11, 64-bit operating on a Z790 (PCIe 4.0/5.0) motherboard/i5-12400 CPU combo with two Kingston Fury 32GB DDR5 4800MHz modules (64GB of reminiscence complete). Each 20Gbps USB and Thunderbolt 4 are built-in to the again panel and Intel CPU/GPU graphics are used. The 48GB switch exams make the most of an ImDisk RAM disk taking over 58GB of the 64GB of complete reminiscence. The 450GB file is transferred from a 2TB Samsung 990 Professional which additionally runs the OS.
Every take a look at is carried out on a newly NTFS-formatted and TRIM’d drive so the outcomes are optimum. Observe that in regular use, as a drive fills up, efficiency might lower because of much less NAND for secondary caching, in addition to different components. This may be much less of an element with the present crop of SSDs with far sooner late-generation NAND.
Caveat: The efficiency numbers proven apply solely to the drive we had been shipped and to the capability examined. SSD efficiency can and can range by capability because of extra or fewer chips to shotgun reads/writes throughout and the quantity of NAND out there for secondary caching. Distributors additionally sometimes swap elements. In the event you ever discover a big discrepancy between the efficiency you expertise and that which we report, by all means, tell us.
